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About Clint West
From buying my first record aged 10 and attending my first gig at 14, music has been a lifelong obsession. A proud native of Suffolk, I have lived in and around Manchester for the best part of 30 years. My idea of a perfect day would be a new record arriving in the post in the morning, watching Ipswich Town win in the afternoon followed by a gig and a pint with my mates at night,
Album Reviews

Old Lost John “Seers and Weathermen” (Independent, 2019)

May 2, 2019 Clint West 0
Old Lost John’s albums have regularly gained favour on this site. His latest offering is not about to change that, in fact, it is arguably his best yet. If the name is new to you, then […]
Live Reviews

Molly Tuttle + Ole Kirkeng, Night & Day, Manchester, 11th April 2019

April 18, 2019 Clint West 0
Molly Tuttle has been creating quite a lot of noise recently and on tonight’s evidence she’s no empty vessel. Twenty-six year old Tuttle grew up in San Francisco and started to play the guitar when she […]
Live Reviews

The Long Ryders + The Hanging Stars, Gorilla, Manchester, 10 April 2019

April 16, 2019 Clint West 0
It seems that nearly everyone you speak to arrived at this thing we call Americana via a different route. One area of commonality though, is that The Long Ryders were an important step on that journey, […]
Live Reviews

Steve Gunn + Papercuts, The Deaf Institute, Manchester, 8th April 2019

April 11, 2019 Clint West 0
Over the last decade Steve Gunn has built his name as an innovative and accomplished guitarist. What’s not been so clearly highlighted is the fact that he is also a damn fine songwriter. Gunn’s 2019 album […]
Album Reviews

Larry ‘Ratso’ Sloman “Stubborn Heart” (Lucky Number Music, 2019)

April 1, 2019 Clint West 0
“Larry ‘Ratso’ Sloman is a Jewish New York author. Readers here might be familiar with his account of the 1975 Rolling Thunder Revue ‘On the Road with Bob Dylan.’ Sloman also wrote ‘Reefer Madness,’ a social history of […]

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Lance Cowan “The Air That You Breathe”

Album Reviews
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Sounds from beyond the Shed 248 “Too much good stuff…”

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Jim James “Wowed Out” – wow, wow, wow – unbelievable

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Video Premiere: Brock Davis “All of You”

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Something not really americana for the weekend: This is Lorelei “Oh No Now My”

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Album art for Lance Cowan "The Air That You Breathe"
Album Reviews

Lance Cowan “The Air That You Breathe”

August 10, 2026 0
There is no slowing down Lance Cowan as he releases another fine set of story songs. Lance Cowan hails from West Kentucky. Songwriting and singing mark the third phase of his working life. Originally employed as […]
News

Sounds from beyond the Shed 248 “Too much good stuff…”

August 10, 2026 0
Can you ever have too much of a good thing? It’s a question I asked myself whilst sifting through potential news stories for the site. There has been an avalanche of great stuff being announced in […]
Tracks

Jim James “Wowed Out” – wow, wow, wow – unbelievable

August 10, 2026 2
We’re giving ourselves an easy start to the week – after the heatwave hell of the weekend we think we deserve it – by starting with a song by an artist we can confidently say “needs […]

  • Lance Cowan “The Air That You Breathe”
  • Sounds from beyond the Shed 248 “Too much good stuff…”
  • Jim James “Wowed Out” – wow, wow, wow – unbelievable
  • Video Premiere: Brock Davis “All of You”
  • Something not really americana for the weekend: This is Lorelei “Oh No Now My”
  • Interview: Juana Everett is setting herself free
  • Margo Price “Days of Unrest”
  • Classic Clips: The Mavericks “Born To Be Blue” – Live at American Songwriter Studios, 2012
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Interviews

Interview: Juana Everett is setting herself free

August 7, 2026 0
At once nostalgic travelogue, introspective head-trip, and rootsy showcase, Madrid-born Juana Everett’s second album should be her breakthrough record. Past Lives in California swims headfirst through the murky waters of transit, both literal and metaphysical. Bring […]
Interviews

Video Interview: Aaron Lee Tasjan on “Get Over It, Underdog” and Todd Snider

August 4, 2026 0
Nashville East resident Aaron Lee Tasjan has long been a favourite of Americana UK, and with 12 albums to his name, including his latest Get Over It, Underdog, and approaching 40, he is no longer the […]
Interviews

Video Interview: American Aquarium’s BJ Barham finds “New Ways To Lose”

July 29, 2026 0
American Aquarium appear to be on a creative roll with their latest album, New Ways To Lose, getting great reviews even though it is their twentieth album in as many years. Added to this is the […]

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Videos

Video: Robert Vincent “The Hard Way”

May 30, 2024 1
Robert Vincent’s latest single, ‘The Hard Way’, follows a headline tour and three shows supporting the legendary Robert Plant.  Beginning with a light, strum, ‘The Hard Way’ grows into a powerfully emotive song, featuring one of […]
Features

Songs for the apocalypse: The Lemonheads “Outdoor Type”

April 10, 2019 0
I grew up liking bands that everyone else thought were shit, so it was a welcome relief when the 90s came along and guitar-based music had something of a renaissance. Boston’s Lemonheads were always described as […]
Album Reviews

Graham Nash “Now”

May 17, 2023 0
New collection of songs shows Nash’s songwriting is undimmed. There was a time when the ambition of a rock and roll band was to do as well as they could for their brief period in the […]

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